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Joule and Cage Mazur know something is stalking the streets at night and their family’s only protection is bolting the door and embracing the darkness. But their locks won’t hold forever…

The Hunted

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Lights out. Keep still. Pray for morning.

Joule and Cage Mazur feel like prisoners in their home. With something new stalking the streets at night, their family’s only protection is bolting the door and embracing the darkness. And even though they manage to trap and kill one of the monsters, their locks won’t hold forever…

Dealing with rising panic and rage in the neighborhood, the free-spirited survivors hatch a plan to undermine the killers. But with the night hunters picking off everyone they can, Joule and Cage know time is ticking toward humanity’s extinction.

Can they kill the Night Hunters and reclaim the top of the food chain?

The Hunted is the first book in the fast-paced Black Carbon apocalyptic thriller series. If you like resourceful heroes, world-ending catastrophes, and breathtaking action, you’ll love AJ Scudiere’s spine-tingling novel.

Buy The Hunted to battle the savage onslaught today!

Book Club Questions

In what ways does environmental collapse function almost like a character, shaping identity and community?

Which moral dilemma in the book felt most revealing about a character’s values, and why?

How do characters’ interactions with the devastated landscape reflect their internal struggles or growth?

The title The Hunted suggests shifting roles of predator and prey. How do these roles evolve among the characters?

Which supporting character had a subtle but significant arc, and what moment marked a key shift for them?

How does betrayal reshape the relationships among characters, and which instance felt most pivotal?

Where do you see conflict between communal survival and personal desires most clearly, and how is it resolved or left unresolved?

What strategies—emotional, practical, or relational—do characters use to maintain hope or motivation?

What moment in the story felt like a major turning point in terms of tone, tension, or stakes?

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The Thing You Can’t Kill

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ISBN: 9781948059343
ASIN: B07PYY4X51
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Publish Date: June 20, 2019 by Griffyn Ink

| 450 pages |